Example sentences of "taking [pron] for grant that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet others may deplore British nationalism while taking it for granted that there is some homogeneous group called the British , thus conceding the basic premise for a British nationalism . |
| 2 | She was taking it for granted that he knew who she was ; but then anyone who had read the papers must know that . |
| 3 | By citizens and burgesses he meant the freemen of corporate towns , taking it for granted that his readers would understand that this privilege had in practice come to be restricted to the richer inhabitants — merchants , not working craftsmen . |
| 4 | Unschooled children , if the evidence does demonstrate that they are being less explicit , may in fact be taking it for granted that the questioner can see what is being referred to so that there is no apparent need to be explicit . |
| 5 | ‘ You are taking it for granted that when I say ‘ what they like ’ I mean sexual experience . |
| 6 | Acceptance of mystery — taking it for granted that the spirit is beyond our total comprehension , that this dimension can not easily be put into words , or expressed adequately in any art form . |
| 7 | I am taking it for granted that if you used the term , even in minutes and reports , you must have meant something by it . |
| 8 | Robert Sheldrake was taking it for granted that the only threat to his practice was that of two small-animal vets , and even that was sufficient for him to be rather unpleasant . |